Lord of the Flies: Ralph's Time on the Island

The Sound of the Shell- Important Quote

Aug 6, 1945

1. Introduction and description of Ralph
2. Ralph meets Piggy
3. Ralph gets voted to be chief: ““All right. Who wants Jack for chief?” With dreary obedience the choir raised their hands. “Who wants me?” Every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air. Ralph counted. “I’m chief then.”” (Pg 23)

Significant Events for Ralph

Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Feb 21, 1946

Gives all significant events that Ralph went thru from when he landed on the island to when he left the island.

Fire on the Mountain

Aug 26, 1945

1. First rule of society to keep them from talking out of turn
2. Ralph talks to the boy with the birthmark about the beastie- first sighting
3. Make the fire using Piggy's glasses- step closer to getting home

Huts on the Beach

Sep 8, 1945

1. Nobody wants to help Ralph build the shelters, they just wnat ot hunt
2. Jack is obsessed with getting the pig and not keeping the fire up like Ralph asked
3. Ralph realizes that if he blew the conch at that moment, they would all come running

Painted Faces and Long Hair

Sep 28, 1945

1. Roger was unable to throw rocks at Henry the littlun due to the strongholds of civilizations that Ralph ran
2. Fire is dead and a ship went by without any smoke to show that the boys were there.
3. Ralph disciplines all of the boys for the first time

Beast from Water- Important Quote

Oct 10, 1945

1. Ralph planned what he was going to say at the assembly, couldn't be fun, had to be serious
2. "This wind pressed his grey shirt against his chest so that he noticed- in this new mood of comprehension- how the folds were stiff like cardboard, and unpleasant; noticed too how the frayed edges of his shorts were making an uncomfortable, pink area on the front of his thighs." Page 76- Ralph has lost part of his humanity.
3. Everyone left and now Ralph is questioning his chief status

Beast from Air

Oct 30, 1945

1.Ralph is first to be woken up when Samneric discover the beast from air
2. Ralph decided to go with the hunting group to find the beast
3. Ralph goes into the castle by himself without the rest of the group

Shadows and Tall Trees

Nov 13, 1945

1. Ralph gets caught up in a hunt for a pig
2. Ralph tries to remind all the boys that it was just a game and they shouldn't get so caught up in the reenactment
3. Ralph wants them to wait until day to hunt the monster

Gift for the Darkness

Dec 1, 1945

1. Jack blows into the conch shell and tells the others that Ralph should be removed from his position
2. Jack starts his own tribe
3. Ralph and Piggy move the signal fire onto the beach

A View to a Death- Important Quote

Dec 20, 1945

1. Piggy and Ralph go to the feast
2. Everyone including Ralph reeact the hunt and end up killing Simon.
3. "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!" Page 52- They didn't even realize what they were doing to their friend

The Shell and the Glasses

Jan 5, 1946

1. Ralph is convinced that they are participants in the murder of Simon
2. Jack warns his tribe that Ralph is a danger
3. Jack's tribe attacks Ralph's and take the glasses, the symbol of freedom

Castle Rock

Feb 1, 1946

1. Ralph goes to Jack to make them see reason.
2. Ralph and Jack face off and then Roger pusheds a boulder which kills Piggy and breaks the conch
3. Ralph escapes into the forest

Cry of the Hunters- Important Quote

Feb 21, 1946

1. Ralph realizes that civilization is gone from the island
2. Ralph meets Samneric and they give him warning of what Jack wants to do to him
3. "And in the middle of them, with filthy body, and matted hair, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." Page 202- Ralph realized the hugeness of what happened on the island